19 lessons on Norwegian weather

Yngvil Vatn Guttu

19 lessons on Norwegian weather

Everyone talks about the weather! But how do you say “Nice day!” or “Ooh, it’s a little chilly today” in Norwegian? Read on and Tor will get you fixed up with some weather girl lingo… This article mixes Norwegian and English. See if you notice when we change them out!

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær!

9 things you did not know about Norwegian weather

1. Vær og uvær

Did you know that Norwegians say "weather and unweather” for good and bad weather?

5. Skal vi bade? (Wanna go swimming?)

6. Solen skinner

Koster på Hvaler gets around 2000 sun hours per year. No wonder why so many people go to Hvaler in the summer.

7. Det regner katter og hunder

Or literally translated to English: It's raining cats and dogs. Maybe Norwegians don’t want to know how much it rains. Only 10% of all weather stations have pluviometers, or rain measuring equipment. The biggest rainfall ever measured in one day is NEAR Bergen, in Hordaland: 230 mm of rain, that’s 23 cm, or almost 10 inches! Monsoon time?

8. Det snør, det snør, tiddelibom (as sung by Winnie the Pooh)

12 meters (!) of snowfall in one year has been measured on the glacier Svartisen.